M6 crash leaves van driver in Royal Stoke as traffic backs up for miles

A van driver was taken to hospital after being seriously injured in a 'multi-vehicle' pile-up on the M6 in Stoke-on-Trent. Emergency services descended on the southbound side between junctions 15 for the A500 and 14 for Stafford North following a collision between two vans and a car.

The smash was first reported at around 2.15pm today (March 6) and the motorway remains closed as collision investigation work continues.

One driver was rushed to the Royal Stoke University Hospital ^[1], while paramedics treated another man and a woman who were discharged at the scene. Traffic is not expected to return to normal until around 9pm with a diversion in place via the A500 and along the A34 to get to junction 14.

READ: Live: M6 closed in Stoke-on-Trent after multi-vehicle pile-up There are currently long delays on the southbound side between junction 15 and 14^[2]

A National Highways spokesman said: "At around 2.15pm Central Motorway Police Group led a multi-agency response with West Midlands Ambulance Service and National Highways traffic officers to a serious collision on the M6 southbound near Stafford, with a lanes 1, 2 and 3 (of 4) being closed initially to allow the emergency services at scene to work. West Midlands Ambulance Service left scene 3.05pm but police and National Highways remain.

"As the incident developed Central Motorway Police Group advised that collision investigations were required; as a result the southbound carriageway was closed at 3.05pm to provide a sterile area for the scenes of crime officers to work in. Long delays of 30 minutes are reported on the M6 southbound approach to the closure at J15."

West Midlands Ambulance Service sent two ambulances and a paramedic officer to the scene. A spokesman said: "We were called to reports of collision between two vans on the southbound M6, between junctions 15 and 14, at 2.12pm, two ambulances and a paramedic officer attended the scene.

"On arrival we discovered three patients. A man, the driver of one of the vans, was treated for potentially serious injuries before being taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital. A further man and a woman were also assessed and discharged at the scene."

References

^{^} Royal Stoke University Hospital (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Live: M6 closed in Stoke-on-Trent after multi-vehicle pile-up (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
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